Mark , I'm using CS2 and can open Photo CD images (slides) over 11 years
old. The open PhotoCD dialog box lets me choose - 'Pixel size' from 64X96 up
to 2048X3072, Film profiles (I use 4050 E-6 V3.4), Resolutions from 72 PPI
up to 550 PPI, RGB in 8 or 16 bits/channel & LAB in 8 or 16 bits/channel.
There was also a less popular image CD (called something like 'Picture
CD')available from Kodak which cost less & had less flexibility - maybe that
what's you have?
My understanding is that Kodak had hoped their CD format would catch on in a
big way, they had offered a CD player that would compete with slide
projectors, never did get the popularity they hoped for.
Kenneth Waller
http://www.tinyurl.com/272u2f
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mark Erickson" <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: OT: converting Kodak PhotoCD format to, e.g., TIFF?
Godfrey, Ken,
Thanks for the tips. PhotoCD is one of those formats that was meant to be
"standard", but not really "open". I think that Kodak charged pretty
hefty
licensing fees to hardware and software makers to use it.
Funny thing is, I have no real idea whether the original data is 8 bit or
12
or 16 or something else (probably 8?), what kind of profiles are embedded
in
it, etc.
Photoshop does open it just fine, and the results look quite good.
Looking back, it's only been 10 years, and I have an almost "orphan"
format
to deal with. Gives one a bit of pause--might Adobe's DNG format be an
orphan in 2019?
--Mark
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